All 3 Uses
mitigate
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And The Mountains Echoed
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- He has seconds left now to say something, not that it would mitigate the indefensible but because he thinks he owes it to her.†
Chpt 5
- My father tried to mitigate the loss for me by occupying me with a private tutor and riding lessons and art lessons.†
Chpt 6 *
- The discomfort that would normally overtake her in a situation like this is mirrored in—and mitigated by—Eric's own considerable unease.†
Chpt 6mitigated = made less harmful or unpleasant
Definitions:
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(1)
(mitigate) make less harmful or unpleasant
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)